File of petitions by Johanna Dudley, Cook Street and later Corbett’s Lane, Cork, referring to her husband a convict in New South Wales, [Australia], asking for free passage for her and two children

File of petitions by Johanna Dudley, Cook Street and later Corbett’s Lane, Cork, to Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke Northumberland, [Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Dublin], referring to her husband John Dudley, a convict in New South Wales, [Australia], asking for free passage for her and two children to join him and stressing her destitution; last petition is endorsed by three magistrates and a clerk, [Cork]. Dudley refers to a letter from William Gregory, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], requiring a petition to be received from her husband, because of previous cases where husbands rejected their newly arrived wives. Also includes a statement by James O’Driscoll, Kilmichae, [KIlmichael], that John Dudley and Joanna Hurly were married by him in 1821, naming their witnesses. 5 items; 14pp